Chords for Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years (2019 Version) (Official Audio)

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_ _ Sometimes, _ _ _ _ _ sometimes I _ wish _ _ that I'd said _ _ what was on my _ [Db] _ _ mind
_ _ Wish I didn't leave it such a long, long time
_ [Ab] Wish _ _ I'd said it _ _ way [Db] back _ in _ _ the _ living _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] year _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Every _ generation _ reigns _ among [Db] before
_ _ _ _ All of their frustrations _ just [Db] come kneeling on your _ door
_ _ [Gb] Know that I'm a prisoner from all my father held so dear
[Bbm] Know that I'm a hostage from all [Bb] his hopes and fears
I just [Eb] shit out a towing in the living [Ab] _
years
_ _ _ Oh, a grump of it's own paper _ [Ab] filled [Db] with imperfect thoughts
_ _ Still the conversation, _ _ and I'm afraid that's all we've got
_ [Gb] Say you just don't see it, it says it's perfect sense
[Bbm] Just can't get a grip of it, in the present tense we [Eb] all
Walk a different language, walking in [Ab] defense
_ _ _ _ Say it _ loud, _ _ say [Db] it clear, and say it clear
_ [Bbm] As _ _ _ [Eb] well as [Ab] you can, but now it's too late
_ It's too late, for _ [Db] _ _
when we die, _ [Bbm] _
we don't [Eb] see eye [Ab] to eye
_ _ _ So we open up a corridor, _ _ in [Db] the present and the past
We [Ab] only sacrifice the future, _ _ _ [Db] it's a bit of mess that lasts
_ _ [Gb] So don't yield to the fortunes, [Gb] you might sometimes see us fail
[Bbm] Might bring a new perspective, _ on a different day
[Eb] And if you don't give up, and don't give in, just might be [Ab] okay
_ _ _ _ Say it _ _ _ _ loud, say [Db] it clear, and say it clear
As [Bbm] _ _
_ _ well [Eb] as [Ab] you _ can, but _ _ _ now it's too late
It's gonna be too late, for [Db] _ _
_ when we die, we [Bbm] _ _
_ don't [Eb] see eye [Ab] to _ _ _ _ _ eye
Well I wasn't there that morning, _ _ _ [Db] when my father passed away
And [Ab] I didn't get to tell him, _ _ [Db] all the things I had to say
_ _ _ _ [Gb] Thought I caught his spirit, later that [Eb] same year
[Bbm] Sure I heard he's in coma, baby's new born tears
I [Eb] just wish I'd have told him, in the living [Ab] _ _
years
_ _ So say it loud, _ _ _ say it [Db] _
clear, and say it clear
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_ As well as [Ab] you _ can _ _ _ _ _ _
But it's just too late, when [Db] we die
Too late, when we die
We [Bbm] _ _
_ don't see eye [Ab] to _ eye
_ _ Say it loud, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] say it clear, and [Db] say it clear
_ Say [Ab] it loud, _ _ _ say [Db] it clear, _ _ _ _ [Ab] and say it clear
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